Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

micrograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cro-graph
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.

noun

A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

verb

To produce such an image by micrography.

Etymology

From micro- + -graph, perhaps by analogy with microscope and photograph.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

micrographs (plural) micrographs (present, singular) micrographing (participle, present) micrographed (participle, past) micrographed (past)

Derived Forms

cryomicrograph histomicrograph immunomicrograph photomicrograph pictomicrograph stereomicrograph ultramicrograph videomicrograph

Phrases

cryo-transmission electron micrograph electron micrograph optical micrograph scanning electron micrograph

Questions

What does micrograph mean?
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.
Where does micrograph come from?
From micro- + -graph, perhaps by analogy with microscope and photograph.

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